USDA-Wildlife Services
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There is a fight going on in Oregon between wolf advocates and ranchers. Nothing new right? Well, this one has a twist. As it stands now, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologists are who make the determinations as to whether a wolf is responsible for killing livestock or not. Ranchers don’t like that…
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John Peavey, a former Idaho politician, and Diane Josephy Peavey, a former commentator on Boise State Public Radio, who’s Flat Top Ranch near Carey, Idaho has reportedly received payments totaling $970,139 from 1995 through 2010 according to the Environmental Working Group’s Farm Subsidy Database, has received another subsidy in the form of 3 dead wolves.…
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American Sheep Industry Association asks key U.S. Senator not to cut funding for notorious wildlife killing agency- The President has proposed cutting the budget of USDA Wildlife Services by 10-million dollars. President Obama said there needs to be shared sacrifice although so far it seems to be teachers, police, sick people, students, science, reproductive health,…
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115 groups call for the end of the agency which kills 1 million animals each year. Call for end to USDA’s wildlife killing agency SCOTT SONNER The Associated Press
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Coyote killing jumps in Wyoming: Infusion of WY state funding leads to record killing by federal agents. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune.
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Wildlife Services has done away with easily accessible national tolls of the all the wildlife it kills for the livestock industry and others. Now, you have to tally up the state tabs and do the math yourself yourself – carnivore “controls” keeps trending upward : Agency makes it tough to keep tabs on animal kills…
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For Immediate Release: July 16, 2008 Contact: Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337 SUIT TO UNCOVER HUMAN HAZARDS OF FEDERAL WILDLIFE ERADICATION — Secret Agency Review of Poisonings, Crashes, Explosions and Terror Risks – PEER : Washington, DC — What you don’t know surely can hurt you is the theory behind a lawsuit filed today by Public…
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I hadn’t seen one of these before, except a hard copy many years ago before wolves were restored to Idaho. Then it was a general report on control of all “harmful” animals. It’s fascinating to me. Everyone will view it differently. My view is all this effort over such a trivial loss of livestock (except…